But, um, filler words aren’t the villains they’re made out to be. They’re, you know, working behind the scenes. “We group them all together as these kind of garbage words,” says Valerie Fridland, a ...

Explore the legacy of Ritwik Ghatak through "Unmechanical," a new collection defending the visionary filmmaker against decades of critical neglect.

Former President George W. Bush has released an essay praising George Washington for surrendering power, elevating humility ...

Charli XCX, Doechii, and Troye Sivan are some of the artists publishing Substack essays that challenge perceptions of stardom.

Anthropic and Pentagon are reportedly at odds, potentially stalling a high-stakes $200 million partnership between the AI startup and defense department. The standstill is said to be over a ...

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Dario Amodei, CEO of AI company Anthropic, dropped a 20,000 word essay on Monday called “The Adolescence of Technology,” in which he warned that AI was about to “test who we are as a species” and that ...

Toddlers can pick up new words just by overhearing conversations. Now, new research suggests that some intelligent dogs can expand their vocabulary in just the same way. Children as young as 18 months ...